Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The plaintiff testified at her deposition that she became involved in a fight with another student after she had been dismissed from school at approximately 2:45 P.M. on December 17, 1993. The fight occurred off school property. The plaintiff admittedly delivered the first blow. Bearing in mind the general principle that a student who removes himself or herself from school grounds may "`no longer look to the school district to protect him [or her]'" (Wenger v. Goodell, 220 A.D.2d 937, quoting Bushnell v. Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Dist., Sup Ct, Albany County, Dec. 17, 1985, Hughes, J., slip opn, at 4, affd 125 A.D.2d 859; see also, Phillipe v. City of N.Y. Bd. of Educ., 254 A.D.2d 339; Reed v. Pawling Cent. School Dist., 245 A.D.2d 281; Silver v. Cooper, 199 A.D.2d 255), we conclude that the Supreme Court properly granted summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Miller, J. P., Ritter, Altman and McGinity, JJ., concur.